| Title: | Syntaxonomy and functional diversity of Buddleja davidii‑(co) dominated plant communities in Europe |
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| Authors: | ID Šabić, Azra (Author)
ID Jogan, Jernej (Author)
ID Campos, Juan Antonio (Author)
ID Willner, Wolfgang (Author)
ID Šilc, Urban (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11756-026-02260-y
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  KIS - Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
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| Abstract: | Buddleja davidii Franch. is a Chinese ornamental plant that has become successfully naturalised and potentially invasive in most of Europe over the past century. Regarded as a species of unstable and disturbed sites, its ecological niche, invasiveness, and syntaxonomy have often been overlooked. In this study, we examined plant communities in which the species occurs in Slovenia and Europe using multivariate methods, focusing on differences in their ecology, taxonomical and functional diversity. To evaluate the invasiveness potential of B. davidii in communities it inhabits, we tested the extent to which its cover explains variation in Shannon–Wiener’s diversity index, evenness, disturbance severity and frequency indices, proportions of life forms, Grime’s life strategies and neophytes’ cover and number, using linear regression. Our results show that B. davidii has its ecological optimum in various types of shrub communities, primarily in riparian zones and abandoned quarries, which represent newly proposed subassociations of the typical Buddlejetum association. Communities with B. davidii can withstand varying levels of disturbance and generally consist of species with a competitive life strategy, while the most dominant life forms are hemicryptophytes and phanerophytes. Increasing cover of B. davidii accounted for little variation in taxonomical and functional diversity, and this effect was the most prominent in riparian shrub communities, followed by the Buddlejetum association and communities on wall crevices. Occurrences in different plant communities confirm the species’ ecological plasticity, whereas its invasiveness is relative, due to its limited relationship with the diversity parameters. |
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| Keywords: | butterfly bush, classification, disturbance, diversity, invasive species, life strategies, vegetation |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 20.07.2026 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2026 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-16 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 81, issue 8, [article no.] 192 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-31943  |
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| UDC: | 57 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1336-9563 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 288192259 |
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| Note: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 19. 8. 2026;
Soavtorji: Jernej Jogan, Juan Antonio Campos, Wolfgang Willner, Urban Šilc;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 19.08.2026 |
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| Views: | 37 |
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| Downloads: | 31 |
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